Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 370-372 , January 2010

Short communication: Genetic and environmental relationships between milk yield and kidding interval in dairy goats

  • H.H. Montaldo

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Genética y Bioestadística, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, D.F. 04510, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • M. Valencia-Posadas

      Affiliations

    • División de Ciencias de la Vida, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, ExHacienda El Copal, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36500, Mexico
    • ,
  • G.R. Wiggans

      Affiliations

    • Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350
    • ,
  • L. Shepard

      Affiliations

    • American Dairy Goat Association, Spindale, NC 28160
    • ,
  • J.A. Torres-Vázquez

      Affiliations

    • Centro Nacional de Investigación en Fisiología y Mejoramiento Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, Ajuchitlán, Querétaro 76280, Mexico

Received 27 July 2009 ,Accepted 30 September 2009.

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PII: S0022-0302(10)70296-4

doi: 10.3168/jds.2009-2593

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 370-372 , January 2010

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